Prior to Pearl Harbor, the US practiced this- meaning that they did not want involvement in WWII.
What is isolationism
100
This Supreme Court Case allowed for affirmative action under strict regulations.
What is Bakke
100
The name of the plan enacted under Truman to give money and aid to European countries so that they didn't fall to communism.
What is the Marshall Plan
100
This was the measure passed by Congress, granting Johnson the ability to commit forces to Southeast Asia.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
100
A far right political group that arose shortly after 2009.
What is the Tea Party
200
Through this program, the US "loaned" warships and other supplies to the Allies
What is Lend-Lease
200
The name of Johnson's anti-poverty program, aimed at helping the poor and reducing overall poverty.
What is the Great Society
200
Under Nixon, the Cold War experienced this- a relaxing of tension between the US and USSR
What is detente
200
This was a situation in which American soldiers committed atrocities against Vietnamese civilians, causing backlash at home.
What is MyLai
200
This was an outspoken conservative movement in the 80s that protested moral issues such as abortion, gay rights, affirmative action, etc.
What is the New Right
300
This was the term for what happened to thousands of Japanese Americans during WWII
What is internment
300
This abolished the immigration quota system of the 1920s and led to a major influx of immigrants, especially from Latin America and Asia
What is the Immigration Act of 1965.
300
The name of the first man-made satellite, launched by the Russians and spurring the Space Race
What is Sputnik
300
This event made it readily apparent to Americans that victory in Vietnam was NOT assured, despite the statements of American leaders.
What is the Tet Offensive
300
The name of the political platform that led to large gains for the Republicans in the 1994 Congressional elections
What is Contract with America
400
The SS St. Louis, carrying Jewish refugees, was denied this
What is entry into the United States
400
This court case established rights for the accused.
What is Miranda vs. Arizona
400
The Russian term that meant a relaxing of control over discussion of social problems- part of the end of the Cold War.
What is glasnost
400
This group, focused on eliminating racial injustice, was a prominent part of the anti-Vietnam War Movement.
What is Students for a Democratic Society.
400
This bill included a requirement that to receive federal funds, states must develop clear standards and then test all students from the third to the eighth grades.
What is No Child Left Behind
500
This is often seen as the turning point in the War in the Pacific, after which the US mainly pushed Japan back towards her own territory.
What is Midway
500
The author of the Feminine Mystique, she objected to the view of women as housewives.
What is Betty Friedan
500
How to handle this country was central to the debate between Nixon and Kennedy in the election of 1960.
What is Cuba
500
The reveal of these documents proved that US officials lied to the American people, and led to the passage of the War Powers Act.
What is the Pentagon Papers
500
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission deals with federal regulation of this